Effect of phosphite fertilization on growth, yield and fruit composition of strawberries

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 264-269

  Moor, Ulvi ^a   Põldma, Priit ^a   Tõnutare, Tõnu ^a   Karp, Kadri ^a   Starast, Marge ^a   Vool, Ele ^a  

^a ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Anthocyanins; Antioxidant activity; Ascorbic acid; Fragaria ananassa; Soluble solids; Titratable acidity

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FRUITING; GROWTH RESPONSE; HERB; MARKET; YIELD RESPONSE;

BALTIC STATES; ESTONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE;

FRAGARIA; FRAGARIA X ANANASSA;

EID: 57349163446     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2008.08.005     Document Type: Article

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